by Lee Shainen

SOUND LIKE THE scenario for an educational drama a la "The Odd Couple?" (Well, one of us can afford more expensive clothes.) Nope, it's just the two of us putting our heads together over dinner to come up with a more equitable system of paying faculty at community colleges. We figured that if we can find the spot where the view from the top and the view from the bottom converged, we might have something map-worthy.

Let's start with the obvious: plenty of part-timers want full-time jobs, or at least more pay and benefits. Certainly, faculty unions have been arguing for the creation of more full-time positions. But, here's the deal: the pot isn't going to get significantly larger in the foreseeable future. So, how can we make the best out of the resources we currently have?

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